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Punch Art

October 24, 2016

When I saw this adorable card on Pinterest I just had to make it. I believe Amanda Bates is the original designer.

The birdhouse is hand cut from one of the sheets from our Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper. And this paper is part of this month's Buy 3 Get 1 free October promotion. You can see them all below.

I hand cut the post and the greeting is from the Tin of Tags stamp set. I used Real Red and Early Espresso markers to color the image before stamping. The bow is from our Holly Berry Happiness stamp set and punch bundle.

The pot is our Bell punch! Isn't that clever? You do have to cut off the top of the bell for the pot to have a flat bottom.

May 04, 2016

A few month's ago I challenged my club members to create something using one of our gold bow clips. Those who participated in the challenge shared their projects with us and it was pretty neat to see what everyone created! I was so impressed!

My friend Melissa made this adorable punch art puppy.

Isn't is sweet? I love that rhinestone collar! Let me see if I can tell you how she made it. She used Perfect Plum, White and Black. The Honeycomb embossing folder is retiring and I'm not sure what stamp set the greeting is from but it's on a Decorative Label punched piece.

Head - 1 3/8" circle punch, 3/4" circle for muzzle and large oval for Black nose. The ears are from the Bird Builder punch

Body - 1 1/2" circle punch, feet are the small oval punch I think!

Tail - I think she used the Oval punch twice to get that curve.

I have to say that Melissa is very talented and also one of the kindest and most generous women I know. Thank you for sharing this with us my friend!

April 27, 2016

We each made one square and made enough to swap with each other. The theme was to use the colors in the It's My Party Designer Paper stack. The bottom square was 2 1/4" and had to be black card stock. Otherwise; the sky was the limit. They are all amazing and the sampler is even more so when they're all put together.

Here are the details as best as I can share:

From top left:

Candles square made by myself. I took small pieces of the DSP (2" X 1 1/2") and used my bone folder on them to loosen the fibers. Then I rolled them up and glued them together with multipurpose glue. The flames are from the Bird Builder punch. The White background is the Confetti embossing folder and Melon and Crushed Curry ink is sponged over it.

It's Party Time square is also made by me. All About Sugar stamp set, Balloon Framelits & Baker's Twine combo pack. I used Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper for the die-cut banner and sponged Mint Macaron ink onto it.

Mary made the Balloons square using our Balloon Bouquet punch, the It's My Party enamel dots and Confetti embossing folder

Jackie made the sweet layered punch art cake. The base is made from the Word Window punch and a hand cut triangle. the White layers are make from White CS (2-way glue & Dazzling Diamonds glitter) and scalloped with the Squares Collection framelits. She rounded the tops by hand and hand cut the cherry stem.

Brenda made the cool pinwheel with the Baker's Twine and Enamel dots

Karen made the cute cup using the Cups and Kettle Framelits (They're Retired and out of stock already!)

Now for the last row; from left to right:

Marilyn made the scalloped circle 'make a wish' square using the Party Wishes stamp set, the 1 1/2" circle punch and the 1 3/4" scalloped circle punch.

Candace made the punched cupcake using the Cupcake Builder punch (it's retiring too!!), and enamel dots.

Brenda made the rosette square. She used out Simply Scored to make the 2 1/2" circle. I am not sure how long her piece of paper was to start out with but I believe it was a 1" strip of DSP.

I mounted the 9 squares on an 8" square peece of Mint Macaron card stock and then to a 8 1/2" square of Black card stock. The Black triangles are just that; two 3" squares that I cut in half and positioned on the angle. Then it's adhered to a 12" Whisper White square.

Isn't this the best and most eye catching sampler we've made yet?! My gals are the best! We all just love it and I hope you're inspired by it too.

You can see some of the products we used below; click on them to see them in my store. Use hostess code WJSEQJJR

November 10, 2015

I'm thrilled with the Weekly Deals today; two of our newest punches are on sale!

I don't believe I've shared these projects using the Festive Flower Builder punch. Look what you can do with it!

My friend Marilyn made all of these gorgeous flowers for my Holiday Open House display. You might wonder how she made a few of them.

The centers for the Mint Macaron flowers are actually a few of the little petals that she cut up and curled to create a fringed center. And that petite Red flower is made with just the small double petals in the middle of the punch. She used a bone folder to get the curves in the petals and she actually scored a few of them with a stylus to get a perfect crease in others. See the green holly leaves on the bottom? She used a circle punch on a punched petal to get that shape. Isn't she awesome!?

The Festive Flower Builder punch is part of the Reason for the Season bundle on page 31 of the Holiday catalog. But as you can see above you can use it without the stamp set too. Below are a few more samples made with the punch and the coordinating stamp set.

Holiday Catalog Retiring List - November 16th

News from Stampin' Up!...

As we approach the end of the year, we're getting ready to retire stamps and accessories from the holiday catalog; but before we do, we're giving everyone an opportunity to order their favorites. This is the first time we've done this for a seasonal catalog, and we plan to keep doing it. Start evaluating your wish list and get ready for retiring list.

Check back for more details when the Holiday Retiring List is released on November 16!

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